Update to Special Reports on Traffic Safety during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Fourth Quarter Data [Traffic Safety Facts]

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Behavioral Safety Research
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Epidemiology
  • Public health
  • Communicable diseases
  • Data analysis
  • Traffic safety
  • Impaired drivers
  • High risk drivers
  • Travel patterns
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 813 135
• Series:
  NHTSA BSR Traffic Safety Facts
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1526015
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Traffic Safety Facts
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Office of Behavioral Safety Research
• Abstract:
  NHTSA is reviewing nationwide changes in traffic safety and observed behaviors caused by the COVID-19 public health emergency. This research note includes data through the end of the 2020 calendar year, updating earlier preliminary reports. The research note includes changes in travel patterns, rates of crash severity, and the prevalence of drugs and alcohol among seriously and fatally injured road users at select trauma centers.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56125/dot_56125_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 582.69 KB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f1c0d498123c06e860af9397984fb5bfe3ab463315ea31d8276fbabec45e692a